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POGO’s experts push policymakers to enact commonsense reforms that tackle waste, corruption, and abuse of power; hold those who’ve violated the public trust accountable; protect our constitutional rights; and make the government work for all people.
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Policy Letter
The Constitution Project at POGO Supports Reforms to Virginia’s Criminal Discovery Rules
Proposed reforms to discovery rules will improve the speed, accuracy, and fairness of criminal proceedings in Virginia.
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges DHS to Abandon Problematic Social Media Collection Plan
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to ask visa applicants to provide social media identifiers. This ill-advised policy would endanger individuals from countries where their online activism is targeted by authoritarian governments, chill expression, and subject ap...
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Policy Letter
Nuke Groups Call for Analysis of Justification for New Plutonium Facility
Nuclear Watch New Mexico, Project On Government Oversight, and Savannah River Site Watch urge the Senate Appropriations Committee to consider requesting additional information before appropriating funds for expanding plutonium pit production to the Savannah River Site.
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Urges Senate Not to Authorize Expanded Presidential War Powers
A diverse group of organizations with a range of missions and perspectives sent a letter opposing the Authorization for the Use of Military Force proposed by Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and Tim Kaine (D-VA). This new authorization would cede to the Executive Branch Congress’ p...
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Calls on Appropriators to Support Oversight.gov
POGO signed a letter to House and Senate Appropriators asking for dedicated funding in support of Oversight.gov
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Urges Senators to Reject Haspel Nomination, Citing Lack of Transparency
Civil Society groups sent a joint letter to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence calling on them to reject Gina Haspel’s nomination for CIA Director.
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Warns Against Pentagon’s Repeat FOIA Secrecy Exemption Ask
Concerned organizations warn the Armed Services Committees that the Pentagon’s recent exemption request would undermine FOIA by creating an unnecessary and overbroad secrecy provision that is at odds with FOIA’s goal of transparency and accountability to the public.
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Policy Letter
POGO Urges House Armed Services Committee to Pursue Reforms to Increase Military Effectiveness and Reduce Costs
The Project On Government Oversight sent a letter commenting on reforms proposed in the Comprehensive Pentagon Bureaucracy Reform and Reduction Act and the Accelerating the Pace of Acquisitions Reform Act of 2018. While some proposals could increase oversight and reduce costs,...
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Policy Letter
Civil Society Urges Mulvaney Not to Cut Off Access to Consumer Complaint Database
Civil society urges the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau not to cut off access to a publicly accessible, user-friendly, searchable system that allows individuals to research companies and services to ensure that they are legitimate and operating legally.
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Policy Letter
POGO Requests GAO Investigation into Reported Mulvaney Statements Urging Bankers to Lobby Congress
Today, POGO requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigate the media report that Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the director of the Office of Management and Budget, urged industry officials at an...
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Policy Letter
Law Professors Tell Congress: Protecting the Special Counsel is Constitutional
University of Texas Law Professor Stephen Vladeck and University of Chicago Law School Professor Eric Posner express view that the S. 2644, The Special Counsel and Independence and Integrity Act," is constitutional and would be upheld by the federal courts, including the ...
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Policy Letter
POGO Joins in Support of Worker Health and Safety Advisory Boards
Advisory panels are composed of experts who guide better evidence-based policies to safeguard American workers but reports show that the Labor Department is stalling their work.